Welcome to an hour of music to chill by. There's no
theme except for hip sounds that challenge the mind, body,
and soul. Thanks for spending the time with us.

Artist

Track

Album

George Benson

Just One of Those Things

Inspiration

Billy Childs

One Fleeting Moment

Take for Example This...

Phil Woods and Chris Swanson

Chasin' the Piper

Piper at the Gate

Lee Konitz

Star Eyes

Inside Hi-Fi

Charles Earland

Red, Green, and Black Blues

Mama Roots

Ken Nordine

Roger

Word Jazz

Dave Brubeck

Tokyo Traffic

Jazz Impressions of Japan

Brad Mehldau

Dusty McNugget

Largo

Bobby Hutcherson

Roses Poses

Waiting

George Benson

Just Another Sunday

New Boss Guitar

We lead off with one of the master guitarists
of the later 20th century. So good was George
Benson that he could spend years enticing
commercially focused audiences to buy his
records. Yet when the occasion arose, his
jazz chops were unveiled and he reminded
us of his true talent and ability to play "serious"
jazz as well. From his tribute album to
another successful crossover artist, Nat
King Cole, George reminds us that to him
playing jazz is just one of those things.

Our second starts in the late 1980s with
relative newcomer Billy Childs and his developing
keyboard chops. This track is from one of
his more straight ahead if not slightly
outside dates from the Hip Pocket era. Phil
and Chris take us on a saxophone induced
crazy time that highlights that Phil is
not to hang up his axe and Chris will chase
the best of them with his jazz sensibilities.
We end the set with another sax master,
Lee Konitz, from a deceptively simple sounding
album that reveals how Lee could always
make the music sound so simple while diving
deep into virtuosity and creativity.

The mighty burner can plays the blues,
and that's what Charles does in our second
set. Cooling down a bit Ken shares his experience
with Roger, and Dave and crew reflect the
sights and sounds of one of the world largest
cities, and home to some of the most devoted
jazz fans on the planet.

Brad drives us along an angular path
in search of a dusty mcnugget or two and
Bobby takes us on a marimba-based excursion
with a few turns of its own. Closing out
the hour we dive back to the mid 1960s and
one George's first recordings that illustrates
how he hasn't loss any skill with passage
time, if anything, his musical vocabulary
and story telling just keep getting stronger.

So grab a cold one, or a hot one; set
your timepiece on "chill", and
enjoy the good times that only great music
can impart.